GIANT PETREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant petrel mean? 

• GIANT PETREL (noun)
  The noun GIANT PETREL has 1 sense:

1. large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas

  Familiarity information: GIANT PETREL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIANT PETREL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

giant fulmar; giant petrel; Macronectes giganteus

Hypernyms ("giant petrel" is a kind of...):

petrel (relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land)

Holonyms ("giant petrel" is a member of...):

genus Macronectes; Macronectes (giant petrels)